Oh, and before I forget. Do you know what triggered me to action? It was my older son entering the 7th grade. That's when it was the worst for me. I took one look at how innocent he was at that age and all I saw was what had been taken from me and I was enraged.

Zipser,I haven't got any kids of my own so I'll never feel that rage, but I understand all the same.

It's good to know that your kids have you as a father.

Dave

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.Henry David Thoreau

I got an email from a survivor friend today, and this is some of what he wrote me -

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Who out there would cast aspersions at you or me? We're still here. Still alive and breathing after all these years. Damn them to hell who'd say we're not magnificent warriors in our own right. That I can lace my shoes and use toilet paper,that's something. We all should be dead. Indeed,we did die. And came back royally pissed off.

If we look at ourselves, really look hard, then we will see exactly what we have achieved.Shoelaces and toilet paper are two simple things that we take for granted, have a look and see what YOU have actually achieved.

Dave

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.Henry David Thoreau

"ON THE ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT, NOBODY SHOULD GIVE ANYONE ELSE THE FINGER."

I wrote it myself in reply to Sinking under Bhuddism Anyone? in Spirituality. I probably would have forgotten about, until FTGF said it made a good weekly quote. Now, I think about it everyday. Sorry to toot my own horn, but how often am I going to say somthing profound.

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